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• It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion.
  And usually easier. -- Lazarus Long...
• Tis better to live than to conceive...
• One thing men can do better than women: read a map.
  Men read maps better. 'Cause only a male mind could conceive of one inch equaling 100 miles....
• It is better to live happily in risk, than depressed in safety.
• A living dog is better than a dead lion. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes ix, 4
• Rimmer: The lamb was a bit of a flop, though. Liste
  The lamb? Everyone thought the lamb was the cheese!...
• Mejor morir a pie que vivir en rodillas. [Better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees.
  ] -- Dolores Ibarruri (La Pasionaria) (1895-1989)...
• Some book is better than no book on a rainy day.